Get the Network Manager working in Ubuntu 10.04 in LXDE (Lubuntu)

I was trying out XFCE and LXDE as alternative desktop environments for a setup that required the OS to be less resource hungry. LXDE was my preferred choice. I was impressed by its minimal use of resources. Anyway, the network manager doesn’t show up in the default LXDE desktop i.e in the panel like in GNOME. This is just a simple post showing how to make that happen.. at lease with GNOME’s network manager. I read somewhere that theres a lighter version for LXDE but not too sure about that. Was in a hurry and thus settled for GNOME’s network manager.

Open the autostart file for LXDE:

sudo nano /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart

Add the following line to enable wireless features for the user:

@nm-applet

Save the changes and reboot the system.

The applet will show up in the lower right of the panel.